Chapter 1397 Undercurrents and treacherous plots (Please subscribe if you want more)

The sun hung in the sky mercilessly, and the hot breath penetrated every corner.

City.

The hot air twisted on the streets, and the heat wave made people feel suffocated.

On both sides of the street, weeds grew everywhere, as if the whole city had been forgotten.

The originally bustling streets are now empty. Except for the occasional bird calls from a distance, there are only a few zombies walking aimlessly on the whole street.

Under the erosion of high temperature, the color of the surface of human buildings has faded, the paint on the wall has begun to peel off, and the wall skin has become soft, as if it will be melted by the scorching sun at any time.

In this deserted world, human buildings have become the only shelter for survivors.

Buzz buzz buzz——

Three helicopters flew over the center of Lanzhou.

In the helicopter, an old man with a whip was sleeping with an eye mask.

A middle-aged man sitting opposite him put down his crossed legs and looked out the window.

He whispered to the old man:

"Mr. Xu, we are about to arrive, wake up."

Mr. Xu still did not move.

Seeing this, Liu Hong from the second squadron of the third battalion of the third column of the Northwest raised his voice and repeated it.

And patted Xu Lao's knee.

Xu Lao woke up slowly and took off his silk eye mask.

His eyes were not used to the strong light shining in from the window, so he closed his eyes and relaxed.

"Have you told Ma Laoliu?" He said with his eyes closed.

Liu Hong hurriedly said, "I have already told you."

After a while, Xu Lao slowly opened his eyes and looked at Liu Hong and said,

"Remember what the boss told you, talk less and do more, don't talk nonsense."

"Also, keep an eye on Yuan Zhi and the others, don't let them run away, keep them stable."

Liu Hong nodded and quickly replied, "I know, don't worry, Xu Lao."

Since the last time the boss met Yuan Zhi and learned about the existence of the North Border and the Oil City, he wanted to contact them.

Liu Hong didn't know what the boss sent him to lead the team. In summary, there is one core: listen to Xu Lao in everything.

He felt that there was no need for Yuan Zhi to lead the way, because they should be able to find the North Border based on the location described by Yuan Zhi and his team.

After all, if what Yuan Zhi said was true, the North Border, which is as big as it is, should be easy to find.

But he did not ask any more questions.

The journey was long, and it was a full 2,000 kilometers from the northwest to the North Border.

The helicopter had a full fuel range of only 1,000 kilometers.

However, they could get fuel from Ma Laoliu in Wuyuan Mountain, Lan City.

In order to arrive smoothly and still have fuel to return, they specially modified one of the helicopters. That helicopter did not transport people, and the entire helicopter cabin was converted to store aviation kerosene.

However, even if they stayed in Wuyuan Mountain for one night, it would still take two days to reach the North Border.

This was already their most convenient way of transportation.

If they walked on the ground, it would probably take at least ten days or half a month to get there.

Three helicopters, except for one helicopter that was specifically used to store fuel. Ah

The remaining two helicopters can only carry 45 people in total.

Excluding Xu Lao and Yuan Zhi and the others, there are only 40 combatants that can be accommodated.

Not even enough for a squadron.

In the northwest, a squadron has five teams, each with ten people.

They naturally have the ability to send more helicopters, but too many helicopters flying there are also worried that it will easily cause misunderstandings in the North Border and Oil City, thinking that it is an enemy attack.

But if there is only one helicopter, it will not be able to fly there at all, and two helicopters are too few.

So the number of three helicopters was finalized.

Buzz buzz buzz——

The helicopter slowly landed in the wall under Wuyuan Mountain.

Ma Laoliu brought Jin Kui and others to this place in more than ten minutes to wait for Xu Lao and others to arrive.

Xu Lao is a popular person around the boss. If he can make Xu Lao happy and say a few good words in front of the boss, he, Ma Laoliu, can get a lot of benefits.

This is also the reason why Ma Laoliu is so flattering to Xu Lao.

"Boss, what do you think the boss sent someone here for this time?" Jin Kui asked doubtfully beside Ma Laoliu.

Ma Laoliu touched his nose, looked at the landing helicopter, and hurried over there.

"How should I know? Just go over and ask. Tian Yunxiao is well hidden. Don't let him run around."

"Okay, I've locked him up in the dungeon. Don't worry." Jin Kui followed the boss and walked towards the helicopter.

The helicopter rotor slowly stopped.

Mr. Xu unfastened his seat belt slowly and glanced at Liu Hong.

"Let's go."

Liu Hong stood up, followed Mr. Xu with a submachine gun on his back, and walked out of the helicopter.

"Welcome Mr. Xu!"

Pa Pa Pa!

On both sides of the helicopter, there were two rows of people standing. After seeing Mr. Xu walk down from the helicopter, Ma Laoliu smiled and walked over.

When Mr. Xu saw Ma Laoliu, his face did not change at all.

He was not happy about Ma Laoliu's welcome ceremony. He had been by the boss's side for so many years and helped him manage various things.

A third-rank official in front of the prime minister.

There were many people who flattered him before the end of the world, and the same was true after the end of the world.

But he knew very well that the reason these people flattered him was not because of how powerful he was, but because he represented the boss.

He dare not be proud, which is one of the reasons why he was able to win the trust of the boss.

"Ma Laoliu, we are going to stay here for one night, and you fill up the helicopter's fuel."

"We have to go out tomorrow, don't delay things."

Mr. Xu's face was neither sad nor happy, and he explained the matter straight to the point.

Hearing this, Ma Laoliu asked curiously:

"Mr. Xu, if there is any task that requires you to go there personally, if there is a task, just let me do it directly."

He was filled with curiosity and a sense of crisis.

In the past, most of the affairs of the big boss were left to him.

Now he directly sends people to do things. Doesn't this mean he doesn't trust him?

Moreover, the bullets that I have been applying to the boss for a few days have not been promised to him until now.

How can I withstand it without bullets?

Is it possible that the boss wants to support others to take charge of the northwest entrance?

Thinking of this, Ma Laoliu became even more nervous.

The change on his face was seen by Mr. Xu at a glance. He had no other ability in these decades. He had a strong ability to observe words and emotions and see through the human nature of people.

"Old Ma, don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

When Ma Laoliu heard this, his expression became even more ugly, a smile appeared on his face, and he was about to speak.

But Mr. Xu on the opposite side spoke first and blocked him.

"Don't worry, the boss says you are doing well and will continue to support you."

"The bullets you applied for last time are still in production."

"You also know that the thunderstorm disaster not long ago caused a lot of damage to our side, and the arsenal was also affected, and it is still recovering.

The boss asked me to tell you, don't worry, after a while, someone will send ammunition to you. "

Hearing Mr. Xu say this, Ma Laoliu breathed a sigh of relief.

He hesitated whether to tell Mr. Xu about Tian Yunxiao, but he still didn't make up his mind.

He always felt that if he told the boss about this matter, he might be used as a weapon.

Forget it, let’s not talk about it.

With a smile on his face again, he accompanied Mr. Xu up the mountain.

In the crowd, a bald man and a short man opened his eyes wide when they saw Yuan Zhi, Ma Song and Yuan Luo coming off the helicopter.

"Second brother, isn't that the group of people we met at the Zhongshi gas station before? Why are they with Mr. Xu and the others?"

The little dwarf's brain was spinning rapidly.

They met Yuan Zhi and his gang at the gas station. There was nothing for them to say when meeting strangers in the apocalypse. They could just rob them.

Unexpectedly, the group of people escaped very quickly, leaving only Tian Yunxiao who was caught by them.

Everyone else fled.

I originally thought that the group of people must have died on the way, or died in a thunderstorm and natural disaster.

I never thought, hell, these people would actually be walking with Mr. Xu and the others.

Breaking into a cold sweat.

They didn't know the relationship between those people and the big boss, but since they got off a helicopter, they must be closer than their relationship with the big boss.

In other words, they rob the boss's friends!

If they recognize this and complain to the boss, it will be a dead end!

Damn it!

"Stop looking and run away before they notice us!"

The little dwarf pulled his bald head hard and whispered:

"Let's go quickly!"

The bald man was not very smart, so he asked confusedly and half-informed:

"Why, don't we have to refuel the helicopter later?"

The little man pulled him hard and walked to the side.

They temporarily walked away, attracting the attention of the giant monkey next to them.

"Chapo, where are you going? I'll let you refuel the helicopter later!"

"dwarf!"

"I'm talking to you!"

But the short man didn't look back. After hearing what the big monkey said, he ran faster.

Yuan Zhi and others who got off the helicopter also noticed this.

Yuan Zhi was older and did not realize that the two men were the same group of people who attacked them at the gas station before.

But Ma Song and Yuan Luo had very good eyesight. They looked at each other and could see each other's thoughts.

"Cousin, I saw it"

Ma Song shook his head at Yuan Luo. Although Yuan Luo didn't quite understand why he shouldn't tell the governor, he still kept his mouth shut.

"Just pretend you didn't see it." Ma Song approached Yuan Luo and whispered with an expressionless face.

"good."

Yuan Luo suppressed the surprised expression on his face and secretly wondered why.

Can't figure it out.

But he knew Ma Song's ability. Ma Song had always been Governor Yuan Zhi's think tank in the northern border and had never made any mistakes.

Always able to make some great suggestions.

As for the Northern Territory's defeat at Oil City, it was not a matter of strategy, but a matter of being completely crushed by strength.

Under absolute power, no amount of strategies will work.

That's not Ma Song's fault.

Yuan Zhi saw the two of them muttering behind him and asked curiously:

"What are you two doing, mumbling?"

"It's okay, it's okay, we are just sighing at the scenery here, it's quite beautiful."

"Oh." Yuan Zhi felt a little strange after hearing this answer.

He looked at the few northwest fighters who had been following them.

Clearly.

He knew that Ma Song and the others must have discovered something, but Liu Hong's men were nearby and it was difficult to tell.

Yuan Zhi was a former governor of the northern border, and he was not a fool, so he would not continue to ask.

Soon.

Ma Laoliu brought Xu Lao and others to the residence on the top of the mountain.

Food had been prepared in the residence.

Mostly meat, with some sorghum wine.

Xu Lao and Liu Hong took Yuan Zhi and others to their seats.

Ma Laoliu asked Jin Kui to toast Xu Lao, who shook his head and said,

"I don't drink."

In the northwest, when others toast you, you will give them some face.

Or drink a little.

But Xu Lao said he would not drink.

Ma Laoliu was a little angry when he saw Xu Lao was so disrespectful.

But he could only suppress his anger and still smile on his face.

Looking at Yuan Zhi and others, "Xu Lao, you didn't introduce these people, what are their names?"

Xu Lao frowned, and reminded Ma Laoliu not to ask questions randomly.

This Ma Laoliu is so ignorant.

They didn't want Ma Laoliu to know about the North Border and Oil City, at least not now.

Originally, Xu Lao didn't want Yuan Zhi and others to have dinner here, but in order to stabilize them and prevent them from being alert, he let them sit at the table together.

He knew the boss's purpose.

If you want to be on good terms with the North Border and Oil City.

You must have a gift.

If a stranger comes to your door with a gift, don't hit a smiling person.

In the end times, if a strange force comes up to you and says they want to cooperate, it is easy to arouse others' vigilance.

In order to make the North Border and Oil City believe in the sincerity of the Northwest, they gave Yuan Zhi and others as gifts to the North Border.

After all, Oil City has a feud with Yuan Zhi and others. People from the Northwest sent the enemy of Oil City to the door, isn't that sincerity?

So, the reason why the boss asked Yuan Zhi to go to the North Border was not because he knew where the North Border was.

But because of Yuan Zhi's identity, the original governor of the North Border, and now the enemy of the North Border.

The boss was attracted by Yuan Zhi's identity, so he waited until he recovered before setting off.

After thinking for a while, Xu Lao said with a smile on his face:

"These people are the boss's friends."

He said friends to make Yuan Zhi and others feel at ease.

But he changed his tone and said with a hint of threat:

"Ma Laoliu, you ask too many questions."

Ma Laoliu was stunned when he heard this, and replied with a cough:

"Ahem, blame me, blame me, I will punish myself with a glass of wine."

After that, he drank a glass of wine in one gulp.

Yuan Zhi smiled at Ma Laoliu, then lowered his head and ate quietly.

Ma Laoliu no longer made trouble for himself, and no longer toasted, but just asked Xu Lao to eat.

Ma Song ate the food quietly, and after seeing the scene just now, he quickly lowered his head, and a light flashed in his eyes.

It seems that Xu Lao and others may not want this Ma Laoliu to know the existence of the oil city.

But when he got off the helicopter just now, he saw the people who attacked them. He was a little unsure at first, but when he saw the two people saw him and the governor, they immediately turned around and left.

If he was not guilty, why did he leave?

This made him more certain of his thoughts.

What's more.

That bald man and the dwarf, such an obvious combination, is easy to remember.

At the same time, he and Wang An saw it together, which means that Tian Yunxiao was captured by them at the time.

Tian Yunxiao was captured and fell into the hands of this Ma Laoliu.

Ma Laoliu must know the existence of the North Border and the Oil City.

Logically, as a subordinate of the Northwest boss, Ma Laoliu would definitely report it if he discovered a powerful force.

However, now Xu Lao is not willing to reveal the identities of his people, nor does he say that their mission is to go to the North Border.

This shows that Xu Lao and the boss are not going to tell Ma Laoliu.

It also shows from the side that Ma Laoliu did not report the matter of the North Border Oil City at all!

This.

It feels that the relationship between Ma Laoliu and the boss is a bit subtle.

The feeling of being on guard against each other.

Ma Song ate quietly, and from time to time he observed the expressions of Ma Laoliu and Xu Lao with his peripheral vision.

Now it seems that Xu Lao and others should not know that Ma Laoliu knew about the North Border but did not report it.

If Xu Lao knew that Ma Laoliu knew about it but did not report it.

Ma Laoliu would definitely be feared by the boss and Xu Lao.

But Ma Laoliu would definitely not say it himself. He had not said it for so long before, and it would seem a bit hypocritical to say it now.

It would inevitably cause dissatisfaction from the boss.

Judging from Ma Laoliu's expression, he should not know these people, but Ma Song can be sure that after this meal, Ma Laoliu's men will definitely tell him the identities of these people.

Friend of the boss?

It seems that a breakthrough point has been found.

The atmosphere at the dinner table is a bit weird, and it is very quiet.

Everyone is eating quietly.

Almost no one speaks.

Ten minutes later.

Mr. Xu put down his chopsticks and asked Ma Laoliu:

"Take me to see the laboratory. Is Huang Shiyong still in the laboratory?"

Seeing Mr. Xu put down his chopsticks, Ma Laoliu also stopped eating.

Nodding to Mr. Xu:

"Yes, I will take you there now?"

"Well, is there any new progress in the laboratory recently? The boss is very concerned about this matter." Mr. Xu looked at Ma Laoliu.